Australian Events

Posted in 1957

  • Rabbit plague in rural AustraliaA meeting of state anti-Communist Labor breakaway groups (except Queensland) forms the national Democratic Labor Party with Senator Cole as its parliamentary leader.
  • Japan signs a trade treaty with Australia.
  • Sydney Opera House international design competition is won by Danish architect Joern Utzon.
  • The rabbit's ruination of rural Australia is curbed after Lands Department researchers introduce myxomatosis.
  • CSIRO develops improved radar and microwave navigation systems for aeroplanes.